Things Quotes

Passion rebuilds the world for the youth. It makes all things alive and significant.

Those things that nature denied to human sight, she revealed to the eyes of the soul.

Telling us to obey instinct is like telling us to obey 'people.' People say different things: so do instincts. Our instincts are at war... Each instinct, if you listen to it, will claim to be gratified at the expense of the rest.

We can't all work in the inner city. And, I don't even think that it is incumbent upon an African-American intellectual to be concerned in their work with problems of race and class. It's just one of the things, that we here at the DuBois Institute, are concerned about.

Simply put, you believer that things or people make you unhappy, but this is not accurate. You make yourself unhappy.

Effective leadership is putting first things first. Effective management is discipline, carrying it out.

Only losers make decisions when things are bad. The time to rejig your life is the time when it's seemingly smooth.

I have a lot of things to prove to myself. One is that I can live my life fearlessly.

It is funny the two things most men are proudest of is the thing that any man can do and doing does in the same way, that is being drunk and being the father of their son.

The truth is I love being alive. And I love feeling free. So if I can't have those things then I feel like a caged animal and I'd rather not be in a cage. I'd rather be dead. And it's real simple. And I think it's not that uncommon.

I don't know what the future holds, but I know that God holds tomorrow, so it is exciting. Even when I have hard things happen, He loves me so big, so much. I come through it and I grow from it, because He has got me.

It is clear to everyone that astronomy at all events compels the soul to look upwards, and draws it from the things of this world to the other.

Disenchantment, whether it is a minor disappointment or a major shock, is the signal that things are moving into transition in our lives.

It is not actual suffering but the taste of better things which excites people to revolt.

Things won are done, joy's soul lies in the doing.

When you're the lead of a series, things happen around you, and you react to them.

Any voices or fantasies, he lives with. Those are his everyday life things.

I like to think my dad was easygoing and kind, and I think some of those things have been passed down. I am like him in a sense of being positive and hopeful. He was compassionate, and I've got a lot of that in me as well.

There are three kinds of intelligence: one kind understands things for itself, the other appreciates what others can understand, the third understands neither for itself nor through others. This first kind is excellent, the second good, and the third kind useless.

I worked out early on to give up things I couldn't do well at all.

Develop interest in life as you see it; in people, things, literature, music - the world is so rich, simply throbbing with rich treasures, beautiful souls and interesting people. Forget yourself.

So many people walk around with a meaningless life. They seem half-asleep, even when they're busy doing things they think are important. This is because they're chasing the wrong things.

When buying and selling are controlled by legislation, the first things to be bought and sold are legislators.

I have always believed that all things depended upon Fortune, and nothing upon ourselves.

A man thinks that by mouthing hard words he understands hard things.

I have just three things to teach: simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures.

I can see the humorous side of things and enjoy the fun when it comes; but look where I will, there seems to me always more sadness than joy in life.

The aim of life is appreciation; there is no sense in not appreciating things; and there is no sense in having more of them if you have less appreciation of them.

It is true that I have had heartache and tragedy in my life. These are things none of us avoids. Suffering is the price of being alive.

I never wanted to become an actress because I'd read great literature or seen great Shakespeare. It was more just wanting to understand what the people were really like, why they said all the strange things they did.